Passive Buildings Canada
Balanced Ventilation. To maintain high air quality in an airtight structure a passive home needs a balanced ventilation system. Although you can certainly open your windows in a passive house, high efficiency heat (and humidity) recovery systems are part of the ventilation system to maintain a comfortable temperature and humidity range by …
About — Passive Buildings Canada
Welcome! Founded in 2010, Passive Buildings Canada was Canada’s first national non-profit organization supporting the passive house community to build a more sustainable Canada and planet.
Keep it simple: The basics of the Passive House approach
Oct 26, 2018 · Natalie Leonard is an engineer, Passive Buildings Canada member, and founding partner at Passive Design Solutions. Leonard is dedicated creating cost-effective, beautiful, super-efficient homes for the future.
Not your mama's prefab: The rise of prefab passive house systems
Jun 6, 2019 · So what’s next for prefab passive house building? Some companies are expanding the types of builds beyond the usual single-family home. “We think of prefab as a method, not just a structure,” says Xerri of Quantum Passivhaus.
Largest Passive House Retrofit in Canada
Nov 2, 2018 · The first building on the site was a late 1800s farmhouse, which later evolved into a rural crossroads rooming house in the early days of automobile transportation. A three-storey addition was built in the 1960s, followed by larger extensions in the ‘70s and ‘80s as George & Mary’s Tavern and Banquet Hall boomed.
Courses — Passive Buildings Canada
Looking to expand your passive house knowledge? Need some Continuing Education Units? We've packaged up some of our High Performance Design Meets Boots on the Ground passive house presentations and put together three 1 hour courses. The …
Research — Passive Buildings Canada
For over 15 years PBC has been promoting the passive house standard and green building in general. We know that in order to accelerate to a low carbon world the sustainable building movement must continue to adapt to new information and new climate realities.
“Azehna” Means "Give Back”: Aiming for the Living Building …
Sep 3, 2020 · Rainwater Collection. Water, another petal of the Living Building Challenge, demands zero wastewater from a building, as well as dependence on captured precipitation that is purified without the use of chemicals to provide all the home’s water needs.Essentially harvesting, using, and treating all the water that is required without burdening aging municipal infrastructure.
Membership - Passive Buildings Canada
We depend on members. Since 2010 Passive Building Canada has been supporting and promoting the sustainable building community. From day one people and organizations across Canada have been supporting PBC through memberships.
News — Passive Buildings Canada
Jul 26, 2022 · From how passive house is done with kitchens, to how to care about air tightness, to passive house in Quebec and beyond PBC has produced a number of original articles over the last few years, largely drawing on technical writer interns.
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